I take particular pleasure in the Maui Lani Parkway, the “new road” that cuts from Wai`ale Road to Kamehameha Avenue. Folks who drive through Central Maui a lot will probably know the one I mean—it’s a shortcut that lets you get from Waikapu and Wailuku to the far end of Kahului without having to go…
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Locals Know: Hawaiian Diacritical Marks
As the Hawaiian language revived over the past few decades, two diacritical marks have helped clarify pronunciation: the `okina and the kahako. In English, those are called the glottal stop and the macron. The `okina actually is a consonant that takes the place of a “k” or a “t” used in other Polynesian languages. It…
Locals Know: Ratoon Crops
Did you just get your youngest child into high school, only to discover that there’s another one on the way? This surprise baby is your “ratoon crop,” a term borrowed from Hawai`i agriculture. Both sugar and pineapple produce a bonus harvest when the ratoon crop sprouts from a field that already has been harvested, and…
Welcome to Maui Then and Now
It will be interesting to see how many denizens of the Web have an interest in such an esoteric subject as the history of Maui. We already know that lots of people are interested in contemporary Maui. The word “Maui” has become shorthand for all that is warm and sunny and just exotic enough to…
South Maui Waterline Break: A Harbinger?
The broken line that cut off water supplies to much of Kihei yesterday might have been a wake-up call. Apparently that 18-inch line is one of two (the other is 36 inches) that supplies this whole coast, and I bet they are still the same lines originally installed in the late ’60s or early ’70s…
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